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From: "Don" <alternatemail@velocitus.net>
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Subject: Re: SLR Digital 
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Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 11:08:51 -0700
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I think $600-$1000 AUD is more like $350-$600 USD, and I think the answer is
without lens probably within a year or two, with (a good) lens maybe never.

Don


"Orfeo" <orfeoc@NOSPAM.bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
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> I was wondering when people thought the price of SLR digital cameras would
> come down to an affoardable level such as $600-$1000 Aust (US$1200-$2000).
> I'm eager to get into digital but aren't ready to get rid of apature
control
> and manual focusing (i know these exist in digital camera but not to the
> extent they  do in typical film slr).
>
> thanks
>
> orfeo
>
>